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The city, named in honor of the first Secretary of War, Henry Knox, is the second oldest city in the state following Nashville. Knoxville is home of the University of Tennessee's flagship campus as well as Fountainhead College of Technology, Johnson University, Knoxville College, Pellissippi State Technical Community College and South College. The university's sports teams, called the Volunteers or Vols, are extremely popular in the surrounding area. Knoxville is also the home of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, almost entirely thanks to the popularity of the University of Tennessee women's basketball team and its former coach Pat Summitt, who died in 2016. Knoxville is home to a rich arts community and has many festivals throughout the year such as the Dogwood Arts Festival and Big Ears Festival. Its contributions to old-time, bluegrass and country music genres are also a recognizable feature of the area’s signature country culture. More »

Subaru spent $1 billion to develop the all-new Impreza. And it just paid off today in Tokyo – literally – as the perennial mid-sized AWD model captured Japan’s most prestigious automotive award, the Japan Car of the Year (COTY). In what started out as a close fought voting contest between the Impreza and the Toyota Prius, the Subaru read »

The private-equity fund manager is the subject of multi-year probes by the Department of Justice and Department of Defense, according to a source familiar with the matter along with declarations filed by SEC lawyers in its administrative proceeding against Tilton over fraud allegations. read »

Inevitably it seems that rivers are one of two things to a city: either a vital, vibrant artery stitching it historically together (think the Seine through Paris, the Sumida through Tokyo, or the Chicago River through the downtown Windy City), or an industrial, black water pipeline which, decade after decade, sacrifices a thriving, read »

If you don’t have $4 million to purchase an original 1960s-era Aston Martin DB4 GT, give the British automaker a call. They are building another handful of the prized sports cars in a continuation run. Each of the new DB4 GT models will sell for about $1.9 million — and, that’s a bargain. read »

Vintage baseball cards featuring the likes of Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle make great holiday gifts and investments. Here are four in my first gift guide to four cards Santa can bring you and one he can’t. read »